Upstream information

CVE-2011-4966 at MITRE

Description

modules/rlm_unix/rlm_unix.c in FreeRADIUS before 2.2.0, when unix mode is enabled for user authentication, does not properly check the password expiration in /etc/shadow, which allows remote authenticated users to authenticate using an expired password.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 797313 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

  • SUSE-SU-2013:0356-1, published Wed Feb 27 16:12:31 MST 2013
  • openSUSE-SU-2013:0137-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0191-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • freeradius-server-devel >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-libs >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
Patchnames:
sdksp2-freeradius-server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • freeradius-server-devel >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-libs >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA freeradius-server-devel-2.1.1-7.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • freeradius-server >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-devel >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-dialupadmin >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-doc >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-libs >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
  • freeradius-server-utils >= 2.1.1-7.16.1
Patchnames:
sdksp2-freeradius-server
slessp2-freeradius-server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • freeradius-server >= 2.1.1-7.16.7
  • freeradius-server-dialupadmin >= 2.1.1-7.16.7
  • freeradius-server-doc >= 2.1.1-7.16.7
  • freeradius-server-libs >= 2.1.1-7.16.7
  • freeradius-server-utils >= 2.1.1-7.16.7
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.16.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • freeradius-server >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-devel >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-dialupadmin >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-doc >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-libs >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
  • freeradius-server-utils >= 2.1.1-7.18.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA freeradius-server-2.1.1-7.18.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA freeradius-server-devel-2.1.1-7.18.1


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 freeradius-server Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 freeradius-server Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 freeradius-server Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:23:01 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:20 2023